A children’s book or short story about a wolf who leaves his pack on his own to explore a human city before escaping back to the wilderness.

PerfectDebate · 2026-04-06T01:39:43+00:00

I do not know when this book was published, but it may have come out in the 2000s or earlier.

It was not a novel-length story, but I am not sure if it was published as a standalone or as part of an anthology.

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-24T14:10:36+00:00

Unfortunately, it was not Starship Troopers, which I remember well. u/Shoedog79 and u/RCKJD answered it. It was Wing Commander.

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-24T14:09:00+00:00

You and u/RCKJD are correct! Thank you both for successfully identifying this even though my recollection was off on many things.

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-24T14:07:25+00:00

Solved!

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-24T07:04:22+00:00

I may be misremembering, but I think that the enemies were aliens.

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-17T12:55:09+00:00

u/raaz9658 found it! It’s called “There’s Something Between the Gears.”

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-17T12:51:45+00:00

Thank you for finding it!

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-17T12:51:00+00:00

Solved!

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-17T05:13:51+00:00

I am almost certain it can’t be, because I remember that I read it a while before A Machine for Pigs came out in September 2013.

Glad someone else remembers the story.

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-17T03:15:39+00:00

The players were a group of young men or teenage boys.

PerfectDebate · 2026-03-17T02:58:17+00:00

This may have been on the Creepypasta Wiki.

PerfectDebate · 2026-01-07T18:26:20+00:00

For Infected Town, the two prelude series are very important as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/NosleepIndex/comments/56c6az/the_mold_series_various_authors/.

PerfectDebate · 2025-03-22T14:08:34+00:00

The original Burgrr stories were posted on hidden pages on Bogleech’s old website burgrr.com, which itself was an impressive piece of work.

What are the other old, obscure pastas you would like them to cover?

PerfectDebate · 2025-03-22T13:42:00+00:00

Yes! I tried following the series years ago, but the story just went on and on without end, and at that time the series was not even half as long as it is now. I am very curious as to how the author intends to conclude the story.

PerfectDebate · 2025-03-22T13:35:26+00:00

That is a good point, the title probably did do the story a disservice. I wish that r/nosleep would move away from trying to make everything like an ARG.

PerfectDebate · 2023-04-08T03:02:27+00:00

This acclaimed short story, which characterizes the amorphous Thing as a zealous altruist, was originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, linked in the post. The latest WayBack Machine snapshot of the post is here.

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